Ifs, bites and butts: a footballer behaving badly

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JOEY BARTON is likely to be sold by Manchester City after the controversial midfield player was involved in a violent bar-room brawl at a Bangkok hotel in the early hours of yesterday.

Barton is scheduled to arrive in Manchester early this morning after being fined £30,000 and put on a flight home last night. Stuart Pearce, the City manager, launched an immediate investigation after being informed of the incident, which occurred at around 2am in a sports bar at the Radisson Hotel, where the City squad have been staying.